Film Reviews

French writer and director Lucile Hadžihalilović is one of the more fascinating, if elusive figures of contemporary French cinema. Perhaps best known for her collaborations with her partner, Gaspar Noé — including producing, writing, and editing credits on his films ...

Within the past few years it has become undeniable that witches and witchcraft are in fashion, be it in film, television or culture at large (full disclosure: this author has even made a short that falls in the ‘witchsploitation’ sub-genre). ...

Among names like Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci, Mario Bava stands as one of the great directors of Italian horror. Although his filmography encompasses other genres, Bava is best known for his work within the horror scene. Black Sunday (1960), Blood ...

Australian offering Bad Girl (2016) screened at South Korea’s 21st Busan International Film Festival, which ran from 6-15 October 2016. The film is a taut, exciting thriller that boasts top-notch performances from its two lead actresses. Even as the plot ...

Big Ronnie is not the Greasy Strangler. Or so he says. Either way, someone is, and someone is a bullshit artist. Big Ronnie might be smooth, but his son Big Brayden suspects his father is the Greasy Strangler. Brayden loves ...

Over the last few decades, but especially since her role as a masochistic music teacher in Michael Haneke’s La pianiste (2001) aka The Piano Teacher, petite powerhouse Isabelle Huppert has proven herself to be one of the giants of contemporary ...

Directors Lorenzo Lepori and Roberto Albanesi bring us Catacomba; an Italian horror anthology influenced not just by the classic anthology films and TV series but also by the Italian fumetti— erotic horror comics that provide a more grotesque and sexually charge ...

For decades the origin and motivations of the serial killer has been one of the most interesting and deeply unsettling dynamics of horror storytelling. Why do these creatures do what they do? What makes sense in their minds? What influence ...

Originally a German splatter slasher franchise started way back in 1989 by Andreas Schnaas, Violent Shit and its main antagonist Karl the Butcher have been rebooted for modern audiences by Italian director Luigi Pastore (Symphony in Blood Red) along with ...